Apparatus for



(N0 Model.)

0. A. RUDDOGK. APPARATUS FOR APPLYING BRONZE T0 SURFAGES OF PAPER, 8120. No. 553,941. Patented Feb. 4, 1896.

AN DREW EGRAHAM. PHOTO LITHQWASHINOTON. DVC

' UNITED STATES CHARLES ALFRED RUDDOO PATENT FFICE.

K, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

APPARATUS FOR APPLYING BRONZE TO SURFACES OF PAPER, &c.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 553,941, dated February 4, 1896.

Application filed November 2, 1895. Serial No. 567,724. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES ALFRED RUD- DOCK, tea-blender, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at 32 Ash Grove, Oricklewood, London, in the county of Middlesex, England, have invented certain new and useful Apparatus for Applying Bronze or other Powder to the Surface of Paper, Card, or other Material, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to applying bronze or other powder to the surface of sheets of paper or other material previously prepared or printed with any desired design in varnish or other adhesive substance.

It is important that the powder should be uniformly and evenly applied to the surface of the sheet and should be caused to adhere firmly by rubbing it in. It is also important to avoid all escape of the powder, as it is very injurious to health, and being extremely light floats about readily in the air.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and cheap appliance by which these results can be obtained more effectually than heretofore.

I use a pad of wash-leather, plush, or other suitable material, stuffed with hair, wool,wadding, feathers or other suitable substance and having a hole through it preferably at or near the center. The pad is secured to the under side of a plate which has a hole through it just above the hole in the pad. Above the plate is a case for containing the bronze or other powder to be applied. The upper part of the case is closed by a suitable lid. The lower part extends somewhat through the hole in the plate and has at the bottom a lid or valve normally held closed by a spring. A press-button is also provided,by pressing upon which the valve may be momentarily opened and a small amount of powder allowed to drop down from the case through the hole in the pad and onto the paper or substance to which the powder is to be applied and upon which the pad should then be resting. By

working the pad to and fro over the surface of the paper or substance the powder can then be rubbed in and made to adhere to the prepared parts.

Figure 1 of the drawings annexed is a plan view, and Fig. 2 a vertical section, of apparatus constructed according to my invention.

A is the pad having through it a hole A.

B is a plate to the under side of which the pad is secured. It may either be permanently attached to the plate, as shown, or to a plate which can be readily attached to or removed from it, or other means may be provided for readily detaching the pad.

A is a funnel-shaped lining for the upper part of the hole A. It serves to keep the hole open and in proper form and also to prevent the dust rising up and escaping from the top of the hole or lodging on the pad.

0 is the case for containing the powder. It is attached to the upper plate of the liningpiece A and the plate fits closely around it so that no dust can pass between.

D is the lower lid or valve turning on a pinjoint at D. I

E is an elastic spring for keeping the lid closed. Any other suitable form of spring might be used.

F is a rod passing upward from the lid and furnished at its upper end with a knob or pressbutton F. The knob may, as shown, be made to screw onto the rod so that by screwing it somewhat farther onto or off the rod the amount to which the valve D can be opened each time that the knob is pressed down may be regulated.

G is a box or cover surrounding the lower part of the casing O and rod F. The apertures in the top of the box or cover through which the case and rod pass may have washers of soft leather or such like material around them to prevent all escape of dust.

The case 0 may be fixed within the cover G and the cover, be made readily removable from the plate 13.

That I claim is 1. The combination of a soft padA having a hole A formed through it, a case 0 for containing powder secured above the hole and having at its lower end a lid or valve D nor- .mally kept closed by a spring, and a pressrod F and button F by pressing on which the valve can momentarily be opened substantially as described.

2. The combination of a soft pad A, a hole button F by pressing on which the Valve can A formed through it, its lining A closed at momentarily be opened substantially as dethe top, a case C for containing powder havsci'ibecl. ing its lower end passing down through the LHARLES ALFRED RUDDOCK. 5 upper plate of the lining and fitted below the l Witnesses:

plate with a lid or valve i) normally kept ROBERT l3. RANSFORID,

closed by a spring and a pressr0d F and JOSEPH LAKE. 

